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hexameter

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hex·am·e·ter  (hk-sm-tr)
n.
1. A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.
2. In classical prosody, a line in which the first four feet are either dactylic or spondaic, the fifth dactylic, and the sixth spondaic.
[Latin, from Greek hexametros, having six metrical feet : hexa-, hexa- + metron, meter; see meter1.]
hexa·metric (hk-s-mtrk), hexa·metri·cal (-r-kl) adj.
hexameter [hek-sam-it-er]
Noun
Prosody a verse line consisting of six metrical feet
hexameter
a verse having six metrical feet. — hexametrical, adj.
See also: Verse
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Noun1.hexameter - a verse line having six metrical feet
verse line, verse - a line of metrical text
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